Written by Anita Warwick There is enormous pressure on schools as all children return to the classroom. Although remote learning has meant that many children have developed useful skills, such as digital ‘know-how’ and independence, there is a need to refocus on core skills. Of equal importance, attention must be paid to children’s emotional and […]
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Sara Tilley from Curious Maths shares her review of MathsBeat, a new digitally-led primary maths mastery resource from Oxford. This blog outlines her favourite features.
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Bernie Westacott explores some of the key number and place value ready-to-progress criteria set out in the new DfE non-statutory guidance for Primary Maths.
Read more Helen is one of the MathsBeat authors, in this blog she shares her thoughts on how MathsBeat can be used with mixed aged classes to ensure all learners meet the expected standards. She also addresses some of the common problems faced when teaching mixed aged classes.
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A recent webinar with Mike Askew explored the connection between reasoning, problem solving and fluency. This blog post summaries the key takeaways from this webinar.
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In this blog, experience primary school teacher and English adviser Shareen Wilkinson (Mayers) explores approaches to teaching vocabulary, focusing on one strategy for explicitly teaching vocabulary in context.
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